Corn, soybean production meetings planned for next week

Thursday

Jan 10, 2013 at 12:32 PM

For the past several years, corn acreage has increased in Arkansas County and last year was the first year that the extension office had the corn production meeting by itself, Grant Beckwith, Arkansas County Extension Agent-Agriculture, said.

Bill Shrum, bshrum@stuttgartdailyleader.com

With the increase of corn acreage over the past few years and more people looking into growing corn, a corn production meeting is scheduled for 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Rice Research and Extension Center, east of Stuttgart on Highway 130.

The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Offices of Arkansas and Jefferson counties will conduct the meeting as well as the soybean production meeting at 8 a.m. Thursday at Pine Bluff's Regional Park in the Waterfront Building.

For the past several years, corn acreage has increased in Arkansas County and last year was the first year that the extension office had the corn production meeting by itself, Grant Beckwith, Arkansas County Extension Agent-Agriculture, said.

"Our rice acreage has been declining and going into soybeans and corn," Beckwith said. The schedule of events for Wednesday’s corn production meeting include:

• 8:30 a.m. — Welcome by Grant Beckwith

• 8:40 a.m. — Irrigation with Chris Henry

• 9 a.m. — Corn Drying with Sammy Sadaka

• 9:30 a.m. — Corn Production with Jason Kelley

• 10 a.m. — Corn Fertility with Lee Espinoza

• 10:30 a.m. — Corn insects with Glenn Studebaker

• 11 a.m. — Weed Control with Tom Barber

• 11:30 a.m. — Ag Economics with Scott Stiles

• Noon — Barbecue lunch

The schedule of events for Thursday’s soybean production meeting are:

• 8:30 a.m. — Welcome by Dennis Bailey

• 8:40 a.m. — Soybean Insects with Guz Lorenz

• 9:15 a.m. — Soybean Irrigation with Chris Henry

• 9:45 a.m. — Weed Control with Bob Scott

• 10:15 a.m. — Diseases with Travis Faske

• 10:45 a.m. — Seed Quality with John Rupe

• 11:30 — Soybean Production with Jerry Ross

• Noon — Fish lunch

"We are extending an invitation in both Arkansas and Jefferson County," Beckwith said. "Our rice meeting will be held in February."

Producers and others with an interest in corn or soybean production are all invited to participate in these very important educational programs prepared by the county extension service.

For more information, contact the county extension service at (870) 946-3231, (870) 673-2346 or (870) 673-2661.